igloo

I lived in Southern California until I was 14. SNOW?! in your front/back/side yard?!! what?! awesome!

So I've never built anything in the snow.

I made my first snow angel last week.

Today I remembered that for D's birthday, my friend Jenni gave him a snow/sand block mold!

So you know... we had to build an igloo

it was lot's of work. 

but tons of fun.

in the middle of building Katlyn was all, "this is making me pretty happy".

in the words of everyone on The Bachelor "it was AMAZING!"

We had a blast! D learned how to make & throw a pretty mean snowball, he made snow angels, fell a few times & ate so much snow he had to pee every 5 seconds. when we were done we were ready for a cup of hot chocolate. with marshmallows of course.

not as pretty as these but don't you just love the pic? {thanks martha!}

mayhem

a few things:

• I did KINDA kicked the flu in the butt. 

i passed it to the kiddos.
and the hubs.
tomorrow it'll be 2 weeks of sick kids..
sicks kids.. no problem
we'll just bum around. take naps. sleep in the same bed.

• this past weekend i had an order for 250 cupcakes.

plus the cake top.
250 cupcakes? no biggie.
just have a plan & execute it cake factory style.

one man cake factory.

• a blizzard.

tons of snow.
snow i can't walk in.
snowed in. hot chocolate. movies. thank God for Hulu
snow that the dog gets lost in.
snow that closes everything down (including the pediatrician's office).

all this at the same time?!
mayhem.

but it got done. thanks for the help of my wonderful hands-on hubby.

the wedding was the cutest thing ever! loved it!
cake turned out great & looked perfect with all the decorations.
here's my week in pics... enjoy the snow! if you're not sick. ;)

oh yeah! My very own pioneer woman moment. someone brought a newborn calf into my basement to "thaw out." saved it's life. almost gave me a heart attack when it mooed and I'd forgotten it was in there.

a blizzard?!!

Friends, how was your weekend? I spent the weekend trying to kick this flu in the butt. Which means I spent most of the weekend in bed. However, I feel only a slight improvement. we're supposed to have a blizzard tonight so I hope to feel more refreshed tomorrow morning. The only blizzards I've ever experienced were from Dairy Queen, (hmmm.... that sounds good). Anyway, maybe it'll snow enough to go sledding or get some more work done on my 2011 spring/summer collection. Do me a favor though, will you? Please don't mention the state of my house. the only thing about being sick is that if I'm up to it I can crochet, design, scheme & dream while i lounge. 

speaking of my spring/summer collection here's something I came up with! 

isn't this a fabulous tote??! perfect for the library, groceries, kid's stuff, day at the pool, ANYTHING!

I kinda love this one so I'll be keeping it! :)

also, look for a blog coming soon. Created blogs. kinda exciting.